Tate Liverpool is set to close its doors for an unspecified period while major renovation work takes place.
The gallery, on the city's historic Royal Albert Dock, will temporarily shut while its gallery and public spaces are refurbished, but the ECHO understands this is likely to be late in 2023 and will not affect the major Turner Prize 2022 exhibition, which runs until March 19, 2023.
Gallery bosses today confirmed there would be a temporary closure for the work after they received a £10m government grant, but said they could not confirm exactly when or for how long at this stage. The gallery's acclaimed collection includes an original Pablo Picasso and a vast array of pictures, photographs and sculptures depicting important themes such as migration and colonialism.
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A Tate Liverpool spokesman said: "Following a grant from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund, Tate confirmed in May that we will work with 6a Architects to reimagine the gallery.
"We will develop social spaces that better connect with the city and its communities and new galleries to meet the scale and ambition of today’s most exciting artists, creating an environment that is flexible and inviting and able to host people, art and ideas in equal measure.
"Details about the new plans for the gallery and temporary closure dates have not been confirmed and will be announced in due course. While the building is being redeveloped, the gallery plans to run activity in other locations across the city.
"Our ambition is to take all our contracted staff with us to run those programmes while also working towards reopening."
Tate Liverpool opened in the Albert Dock in 1988 as a fresh addition to the Tate collection, the UK's national collection of British art, both historical and modern.
The original building was designed by leading architect Sir James Stirling. In 1998, it underwent a major refurbishment to create an additional gallery, with further works taking place in the foyer and cafe in 2007.
The Turner Prize, the UK's most famous art award, returned to the gallery this year with displays from Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin.
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